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How to prepare unaccompanied minors:
- Pack a carry-on
for your children, with snacks, a few books or quiet toys, necessary
medications, a change of clothes, home contact
information
and money for phone calls and in-flight movie earphones.
- Explain potential
problems to the child to prepare him or her for any difficulties that
could arise.
- Notify the airline when booking the ticket that the passenger
is an unaccompanied minor and order special children’s meals
and games.
- Plan for midday travel to avoid stressed business travelers, overbooked
flights and airline personnel who are too busy to give extra attention
to the child.
- Avoid connecting flights. If unavoidable, parents should
arrange for an airline escort to get the child from gate to gate or
have a babysitter
fly part way with the child to help make the connection.
- Make sure
to stay at the airport until the airplane is in the air.
- Ask about
the airline’s policy on interrupted flights for unaccompanied
minors. Some airlines will place kids with flight attendants overnight,
make the child wait with airport security for the next available flight
or arrange for a hotel room for the child with a security guard posted
outside. A few carriers will create pajamas parties, putting two kids
together in a room
Gear & Gadgets:
Alarm system for your carry-on: This two-piece radio
transmitter emits a screeching sound if you wander more than 40 feet
from your bag. Call
(888) Bike lock for your bag: Wrapsafe is a 66-inch cable that can be
run through your luggage handle and around an immovable object, such
as a seat on a train. Call (800) 962-4943 for more information.
Luggage
protection: Three major US airports–Miami, New York’s
Kennedy and Los Angeles — will wrap your luggage in plastic for
about $5 or $10 a bag.
Source: Travel Holiday magazine June 2000 issue.
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